Shadows and light : Joaquín Rodrigo at 90 / directed by Larry Weinstein ; Rhombus Media, ZDF.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Weinstein, Larry, film director.

Romero, Pepe, instrumentalist.

Marriner, Neville, conductor.

Rhombus Media (Firm), production company.

Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, production company.

Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, instrumentalist.

Language:

English

French

German

Japanese

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Rodrigo, Joaquín.

Composers--Spain--Biography.

Composers.

Pianists--Spain--Biography.

Pianists.

Spain.

Genre:

Biographical films.

Biographies.

Documentary films.

Internet videos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr., 9 min., 35 sec.)) : sound, color

Other Title:

Joaquín Rodrigo at 90

Joaquín Rodrigo at ninety

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Rhombus Media, ZDF, 1993.

Language Note:

In English, with English, French, German, Japanese and Spanish subtitles.

System Details:

digital

video file

Summary:

Shadows and Light, Joaquín Rodrigo at 90 is an intimate film about the remarkable Spanish composer and virtuoso pianist Joaquín Rodrigo in his 90th year. The music of Joaquín Rodrigo is beloved the world over for its vibrant embodiment of his native Spain, music that sounds out Aranjuez's church bells and lights up sunny countrysides. But Joaquín Rodrigo lived a long life touched by tragedy, from being blinded by diphtheria at the age of three to his wife's miscarriage early in their marriage. It is the complex reality of the aging composer's life that is explored in this remarkable documentary by filmmaker Larry Weinstein--a reality that is spoken to through interviews with the composer and his friends and family, and in performances of his works. A highlight is a 1992 concert performance of his most famous work, the Concierto de Aranjuez, by his frequent collaborator and close personal friend, guitar virtuoso Pepe Romero, with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra under the direction of Neville Marriner.

Participant:

Pepe Romero, guitar ; Academy of St Martin in the Fields ; Sir Neville Marriner, conductor.

Notes:

Concierto de Aranjuez recorded 1992.

Vendor-supplied metadata.

Contains:

Container of: Rodrigo, Joaquín. Concierto de Aranjuez.

OCLC:

1045797452

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.